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Title Jayne Cortez, Adrienne Rich, and the feminist superhero : voice, vision, politics, and performance in U.S. contemporary women's poetics / edited by Laura Hinton ; with art by Linda Stein
Published Lanham : Lexington Books, [2016]

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 303 pages)
Contents Introduction. Laura Hinton: "Wondering about the wonder women of contemporary American poetry" -- Adrienne Rich: Becoming "the roofwalker" . Linda Kinnahan: "Adrienne Rich's Snapshots of a daughter-in-law: the postwar photo and the power of feminist reframing -- Deborah M. Mix and Laura Hinton: "From fragility to heroic strength: mapping the female body in Adrienne Rich's poetry and prose" -- Conor Tomás Reed: "Diving into seek: Adrienne Rich and social movements at The City College of New York, 1968-1974" -- Ellen McGrath Smith: "'Everyone. for a moment.': Adrienne Rich's public poetics as heroism" -- The bridge. Linda Stein: "Fierce females and icons of protection: a feminist artist and activist reflects on her journey through sculpture and multi-media installations" -- Jayne Cortez and a "blues lady/with the beaded face". Renee M. Kingan: "Superheroic subversion through music and movement in Cortez's 'Samba is power'" -- Laura Hinton: "Vision/Performance/Sound: A Body 'Doubling into Woman-hood' in the Poetics of Jayne Cortez" -- Jennifer D. Ryan-Bryant: "'Drums everywhere drums': questioning object violence in Jayne Cortez's Jazz fan looks back" -- Kirsten Bartholomew Ortega: "Being New York City: the feminist audacity of Jayne Cortez's urban poetry"
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 22, 2016)
Subject Rich, Adrienne, 1929-2012 -- Criticism and interpretation
Cortez, Jayne -- Criticism and interpretation
SUBJECT Cortez, Jayne fast
Rich, Adrienne, 1929-2012 fast
Subject American poetry -- Women authors -- History and criticism
American poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism
Feminism and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century
Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century
LITERARY CRITICISM -- Poetry.
American poetry
American poetry -- Women authors
Feminism and literature
Women and literature
United States
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Form Electronic book
Author Hinton, Laura, editor
Stein, Linda, artist, author
LC no. 2016007789
ISBN 9781498528740
1498528740